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Struggles...
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Apr 22, 2008 3:03 pm
Mood: courageous,
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A man found a cocoon of a butterfly. One day a small opening appeared. He sat and watched the butterfly for several hours as it struggled to force its body through this little hole. Then it seemed to stop making progress. It appeared as if it had gotten as far as it had and it could go no further.
Then the man decided to help the butterfly, so he took a pair of scissors and cut the remaining bit of the cocoon. The butterfly then emerged easily. But is had a swollen body and small, shriveled wings. The man continued to watch the butterfly as he expected the wings would enlarge and expand.
Nothing happened. In fact, the butter fly spend the rest of his life crawling around with a swollen body and shriveled wings. It never was able to fly.
What the man in his kindness and haste did not understand was that the restricting cocoon and the struggle required for the butterfly to get through the opening were nature's way of forcing fluid from the body of the butterfly wings, so that it would be ready for flight once it achieved it's freedom from the cocoon.
This is a nice story to demonstrate that sometimes struggles are exactly what we need in our life. Allowing us to go through our life without obstacles would cripple us. We would not be as strong as we could have been.
And we could never fly...
Well, in another words, i don't need help from anyone to help me fit my old pair of jean. Even if i struggle... maybe the fluid from my stomach will be "send" to a more appropriate body part 
Have a beautiful day,
Frenchguy
Song of the day : CATATONIA "Dead from the waist down"
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Crave.
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Apr 21, 2008 7:04 pm
Mood: moody,
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Again... I have recently developed an inexplicable addiction to "charcuterie". I,ve always liked this type of food but at this moment, i can't seem to get enough of it. My supermarket's butcher is already falling in love with me as I visit him every other day. Starring fixedly at the products -many dry sausages, Parma's ham and french delicacies- i know that fresh bread and salty butter will be a perfect match... and enjoy "Finding Nemo" tonight on DisneyChannel.
I suspect i'm pregnant...
Have a beautiful day,
frenchguy
Song of the day : JAMES McMURTRY "Cheney's toy"
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French Movies (for BintiJua)
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Apr 18, 2008 2:12 pm
Mood: calm,
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Binti asked me if i knew about the new movie (french) "Moliere", unfortunately now.
But i will give a list of good films that reflects all types. Well, movies that i enjoy to watch.
Vas, vis et deviens (de Radu Mihaileanu) 5/5
De battre, mon coeur s'est arrete (de Michel Audiard) 3.5/5
Les egares (de Andre Techine) 4/5
Va savoir (de Jacques Rivette) 3.5/5
Irreversible (de Gaspar Noe) -Adult Strong subject- 4/5
The dinner game -le diner de cons- (de Francis Veber) 4/5
The big blue -le grand bleu- (de Luc Besson) 5/5
Wasabi (de Gerard Krawczyk) -with Jean Reno- 4/5
The visitors -les visiteurs- (de Jean-marie Poire) 4/5
The chorus -les choristes-(de Jacques Perrin) 4.5/5
Brotherhood of the wolf -le pacte des loups- (de Samuel Hadida) 5/5
The Crimson Rivers -les rivieres pourpres- (de Mathieu Kassovitz) 4/5
La haine (de Mathieu Kassovitz) -Adult language- 5/5
here are some of the old school movies (60's-70's)
Touchez pas au grisbi (de Jacques Becker) 4/5
Le cercle rouge (de jean-Pierre Melville) 4/5
Two men in town -deux homme dans la ville (de jose Giovanni) 4/5
Wages of fear -le salaire de la peur- (de H.G. Clouzot) 5/5
Army of shadows -l'armee des ombres- (de Jean-pierre Melville) 5/5
Le samourai (de jean-pierre Melville) 4/5
There are so many good movies...
'Brotherhood of the wolves' (intrigue)
'The chorists' (story)
'Wasabi' (comedy)
are movies to start with.
Hope you will enjoy.
Beautiful day to all.
Frenchguy
Song of the day : SERGE GAINSBOURG "Requiem pour un con" (BO of 'le pacha' )
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Talmud
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Apr 17, 2008 11:41 pm
Mood: calm,
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I post already this proverb a long time ago (before cancelling my account 6 months ago) but i really like it.
Be very careful if you make a woman cry,
Because God counts her tears.
The woman came out of man's rib,
Not from his feet to be walked on,
Not from his head to be superior.
But from the side to be equal,
Under the arm to be protecred,
And next to the heart to be loved.
Have a beautiful day,
Frenchguy.
Song of the day : LOW vs DIAMOND "Don't forget sister"
-Pic. Paint from Friedrich Von Amerling "An Oriental" 1840
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Hummer-istic...
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Apr 14, 2008 2:45 pm
Mood: crushed,
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A Hummer H1 is a rather chunky piece of machinery. It's part of America's contribution to bigger is better and in fuel efficiency term, it has the social conscience of a fly for a piece of meat.
To most green campainers, it's the devil himself, and probably rightly so. It's huge and more suited to downtown Baghdad, covered in armored plates.
To most "enthusiastics" of Off-Road, this beast is the absolute vehicule of going through the worst Earth's reliefs.
To most daily drivers, as i am, the H1 when suddenly emerging from nowhere, is quite difficult to remove from our path (cf. photo)
I will drive a new car tomorrow 
Have a beautiful day,
Frenchguy.
Song of the day : PUSCIFER "Queen B"
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Randoms 5...
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Apr 11, 2008 5:13 pm
Mood: calm,
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DO TYPO'S BOTHER YOU? very very muc.
WHAT IS YOUR BEST WAY TO SEDUCE OPPOSITE SEX? get them drunk...
ARE YOU HAVING A GOOD DAY TODAY? actually, yes.
HAVE YOU EVER LICKED SOMEONE BECAUSE YOU WONDERED WHAT THEY WOULD TASTE LIKE? i'm open to a lot of things but...
HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT STORMS? i like it.
HAVE YOU EVER STARTED LAUGHING AT AN INAPPROPRIATE TIME? to often.
WHEN YOU GET MAD DO YOU GET AN URGE TO THROW SOMETHING? it's more a girl "thing", no?
HAVE YOU EVER LICKED SOMEONE EYE? huh!
HAVE YOU EVER HAD YOUR EYE LICKED? nooo...
HAVE YOU EVER CORRECTED SOMEONE THAT YOU DON'T KNOW BECAUSE THEY USED BAD GRAMMAR? of course not.
HAVE YOU EVER LEFT THE HOUSE FORGETTING AN IMPORTANT ARTICLE OF CLOTHING? nope, just the zip-flyer open...
IF YOU COULD BE AN ANIMAL FOR A WEEK WHAT WOULD YOU BE? an hippopotamus
WOULD YOU CONSIDER BEING A MORTICIAN? humm.. could be interesting.
DO YOU EVER GET MAD AT PEOPLE FOR THINGS THEY HAVE NO CONTROL OVER? not the first time...
HAVE YOU EVER STOLEN FROM A SIBLING OR OTHER RELATIVE? ...yes, when kid. some money.
IF YOU COULD KILL SOMEONE, HOW WOULD YOU DO IT? simple, one shot in the head.
DO YOU GET UNCOMFORTABLE WHEN USING PUBLIC RESTROOMS? not really.
DO YOU ENJOY MUSHROOM HUNTING? do you hunt mushrooms ? i could see them "running away" after eating a bunch of them...
WOULD YOU CONSIDER YOURSELF A GUN ENTHUSIAST? about Squirt gun ?
WOULD YOU WILLING TO SHARE ONE OF YOUR FANTAISIES WITH ME? sex in a stairway during mid-day.
SOMETIMES DO YOU WISH YOU COULD READ SOMEBODY'S MIND? it's tempting but... no
WOULD YOU RATHER HAVE A TWIN OF THE SAME SEX OR OPPOSITE? opposite
HAVE YOU EVER KISSED SOMEONE A$$? my ex had a shapely butt for a korean... Otherwise no, i don't kiss people a$$.
WOULD YOU RATHER TAKE THE PICTURE OR BE IN THE PICTURE? take the pic, i'm not photogenic
HAS ANYONE EVER CALLED YOU LAZY? yes, i was a very good student...
DO YOU EVER TAKE MEDICATION TO HEPL YOU FALL ASLEEP FASTER? no, no.
DO YOU THINK PEOPLE TALK ABOUT YOU BEHIND YOUR BACK? don't care.
ARE YOU IN LOVE OR LUST? depends.
ARE YOU BAD INFLUENCE? could be.
DO YOU HAVE ONE OR MORE BRITNEY SPEARS CD? ...WTF!! but i admit that her song "pieces of me" (or something like that) is quite good.
DO YOU OWN SOMETHING FROM A SEX SHOP? ... yes
HAVE YOU EVER SLAPPED SOMEONE ? yes, a slap is worst than a punch. i think.
IF SOMEONE YOU HATED DIED, WHAT WOULD YOU DO? nothing.
WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE COLOGNE/PARFUM? for at least 10 years, Fahrenheit (Dior)
WOULD YOU EVER MAKE-OUT WITH SOMEONE OF THE SAME SEX? are you talking to me ?!?!
WHAT DO YOU WEAR TO BED? nothing
WHAT'S YOUR DREAM CAR? Aston Martin DB9
DO YOU TALK IN YOUR SLEEP? how should i know...
Have a beautiful day
Frenchguy.
Song of the day : THE RACONTEURS "Consoler of the lonely" (album version)
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Metaphor and Simile...
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Apr 11, 2008 12:37 pm
Mood: amused,
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Every year, English teachers can submit their collections of actual analogies and metaphors found in high school essays. Here are the last year's winners...
1- Her face was a perfect oval, like a circle that had it's two sides gently compressed by a Thigh Master.
2- She grew on him like she was a colony of E. Coli., and he was room-temperature Canadian beef.
3- She had a deep, throaty, genuine laugh, like that sound a dog makes just before it throws up.
4- Her vocabulary was as bad as, like, whatever.
5- He was as tall as a six-foot, three-inch tree.
6- The revelation that is marriage of 30 years had disintegrated because of his wife's infedelity came as a rude shock, like a surcharge at a formerly surchage-free ATM machine.
7- The little boat gently drifted across the pond exactly the way a bowling ball wouldn't.
8- McBride fell 12 stories, hitting the pavment like a Hefty bag filled with vegetable soup.
9- Her hair glistened in the rain like a nose hair after a snooze.
10- They lived in a typical suburban neighborhood with picked fences that resembled Nancy Kerrigan's teeth.
11- The young fighter had a hungry look, the kind you get from not eating for a while.
12- He was as lame as a duck. Not the metaphorical lame duck, either, but a real duck that was actually lame, maybe from stepping on a land mine or something.
13- It was an American tradition, like fathers chasing kids arounds with power tools.
14- He was deeply in love. When she spoke, he thought he heard bells, as if she were a garbage truck backing up.
I have a preference for #3, #11 and #14.
Have a beautiful day,
Frenchguy.
Song of the day : THE BLACK KEYS "Things ain't like they used to be"
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Apr 8, 2008 12:29 pm
Mood: annoyed,
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aaarrrgghhhhh !!!!!!!
That's all.
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First they came...
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Apr 7, 2008 6:07 pm
Mood: calm,
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This is a poem attributed to Pastor Martin Niemoller (1892-1984) about the inactivity of german intellectuals following the Nazi rise to power and the purging of their chosen targets, group after group.
.First, they came for the communists
and i did not speak out
because i was not a communist.
.Then they came for the jews
and i did not speak out
because i was not a jew.
.Then they came for the trade-unionists
and i did not speak out
because i was not a trade-unionist.
.Then they came for the catholics
and i did not speak out
because i was a protestant.
.Then they came for me
and there was no one left
to speak out for me
(Pastor M. Niemoller)
Just came a thought, instead of boycotting an event, we could find athletes, politicians ready to honor the memory of T. Smith, J. Carlos actions (Black athletes raising their fist on the podium). A simple gesture could underline a dictatorial regim of which many countries are submit to. Economic interest and profits are so important...
This Games have a sulfur odor as those of 36 in Berlin. This Games, if we remember, were the shadows of the IIIe reich...
Beautiful day to all,
frenchguy.
Song of the day : YANN TIERSEN "Summer 78"
-I hope KFF will not erase this post-
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Randoms 4...
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Apr 5, 2008 3:22 pm
Mood: calm,
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WHERE WAS THE LAST PLACE YOU HAD A ROMANTIC DINNER? At Carl's junior, i seduced myself...
DO YOU REGRET LOSING YOUR VIRGINITY TO WHO YOU LOST IT TO? No... Ludovic's sister was older and more "experienced".
IF YOU COULD MOVE ANYWHERE AND TAKE SOMEONE? Living around Carcassonne (SW of France) with Emma
FIRST THOUGHT WENT THE ALARM WENT OFF THIS MORNING? Where am i?
FAVORITE CARTOON CHARACTER? Eduardo from Foster's home for imaginery friends.
FAVORITE THING TO DO AT NIGHT WITH A GUY/GIRL? lol
WHEN DID YOU FIRST START FEELING OLD? i'm not old
DO YOU THINK MARRIAGE IS AN OUTDATED RITUAL? Absolutely not...
WHERE DO YOU GET YOUR SENSE OF MORALITY? My grandmother was a good teacher... from myself too.
WHAT RADIO STATION IS YOUR CAR STEREO TUNED RIGHT NOW? 103.1 Indie
WHAT WAS THE LAST BOARD GAME YOU PLAYED? Chess
HAVE YOU EVER HAD TO USE A FIRE EXTINGUISHER? No
DO YOU HAVE A TEDDY BEAR? i'm 38 old !!!
DO YOU GO TO CHURCH? No
YOUR CD COLLECTION IS REPOSSESSED, YOU KEEP ONE? A best-of of Jimmy Hendrix
DO YOU BELIEVE WORLD PEACE IS POSSIBLE? No, human nature is what it is...
I'M A GENIE. NAME YOUR WISH? crapp... reality first! tired of people asking about whishes...
NAME ONE THING ABOUT THE OPPOSITE SEX THAT AUTOMATICALLY TURNS YOU OFF? Big boobies..
NAME ONE THING ABOUT THE OPPOSITE SEX THAT AUTOMATICALLY TURNS YOU ON? Being herself, natural...
SPEAKING OF SAME SEX, WHAT DID YOU THINK ABOUT BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN? Never saw it and never will...
DO PEOPLE UNDERESTIMATE YOU? It happens...
IF SOMEONE AT A PARTY GIVES YOU "THE LOOK" HOW DO YOU RESPOND TO IT? the "look"... hum, i have to catch it first.
ARE YOU ATHEIST? I believe in myself...
DO YOU WEAR YOUR SWEETIE'S CLOTHES? there are too small...
DO YOU GIVE MONEY TO PAN-HANDLERS? No
DO YOU OWN A I-POD? No, Creative is better...
WHAT WAS THE LAST TV SHOW YOU WATCHED? A serie from HBO "Rome" (on dvd)
WHAT SIDE OF THE BED DO YOU SLEEP ON? Right side
WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE STORE? Target, don't know why...
DO YOU CARE WHAT PEOPLE THINK ABOUT YOU? If true, longtime friends
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF A. JOLIE BEING PREGNANT? Methinks that means a srpem infiltrated an embryo in her...
WOULD YOU CONSIDER YOURSELF TO BE FASHIONABLE? No, no... 100$ for a pair of jeans !! WTF !!
IF YOU WERE BORN THE OPPOSITE SEX, WHAT WOULD YOUR NAME BE? Penelope, Emma or Audrey... and of course Frenchgirl.
Have a beautiful day.
Frenchguy
Song of the day : RAMMSTEIN "Reise, Reise"
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